{"id":7048,"date":"2026-07-23T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:37:20","slug":"americans-including-many-republicans-are-losing-faith-in-capitalism-polling-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7048","title":{"rendered":"Americans \u2014 including many Republicans \u2014 are losing faith in capitalism, polling shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n President Donald Trump has indicated that his main strategy for the 2026 midterm elections is to call Democrats \u201csocialists\u201d and even \u201ccommunists\u201d at every turn. And there is<\/em> evidence that democratic socialism is gaining somewhat more of a foothold in recent Democratic primaries.\n <\/p>

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\n But the larger story in American politics right now might be less the rise of socialism than the decline of faith in capitalism and economic fairness.\n <\/p>\n

\n And new polling reinforces that even the right is growing more disillusioned.\n <\/p>\n

\n A recent echoes Gallup data from last year in a key way: It shows views of socialism improving modestly, at best, but views of capitalism dropping more significantly.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Views of capitalism have gone from 30 points positive in 2019 (57% favorable to 27% unfavorable among registered voters) to just four points positive today (50%-46%).\n <\/p>\n

\n The poll also shows 65% of voters agree that \u201cthe system is rigged to favor the wealthy.\u201d That\u2019s up from 56% in Trump\u2019s first term.\n <\/p>\n

\n What\u2019s most striking about both data points is that some of the biggest shifts occurred among Republicans.\n <\/p>\n

\n While 72% of Republicans viewed capitalism favorably back in 2019, that\u2019s down to 61% today. And the percentage of Republican who have a \u201cstrongly\u201d positive view of capitalism has gone from 54% to 41%.\n <\/p>\n

\n Similarly, the percentage of Republicans who say the system is rigged to favor the wealthy has gone from 30% in 2018 to 42% today.\n <\/p>

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\n Just to underscore, fewer than half of Republicans \u2014 the party that claims to embrace free markets! \u2014 now have a strongly favorable view of capitalism. And 42% of them endorse a pretty Bernie Sanders-sounding sentiment about our \u201crigged\u201d economy.\n <\/p>\n

\n You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find data that better speaks to Americans\u2019 apparent growing disillusionment with our economic system.\n <\/p>\n

\n And that\u2019s hardly the only data pointing in this direction:\n <\/p>\n

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